Custom Blood Magic: Ritual
Some chronicles allow for their players to develop customized powers for their characters. The following is a compilation of player created custom content in OWBN. At this time, custom content that is created and/or used by vampire PC's is required to be listed.
The Abyss Mystics crafts an effigy or Talisman made from Obsidian Stone. They craft the stone
into a form of one of the various gods of the Abyss. After which the Mystic covers the talisman
in the ashes of his own hand from sunlight and exerts part of his very being onto it. After which
the Talisman created banishes all creatures to the Abyss back to their home plane regardless if
they want to be or not. Such Talismans last until they are destroyed.
System: Spirits of the Abyss cannot approach within 100 feet of a Conquering Sun Talisman. If
they try, they vanish back to the Abyss. No special conditions apply to the carving of the
talisman. Enchanting the talisman requires several hours of prayers, exorcisms with sand and
holy water, incense, and bathing the talisman in sunlight for a week. At the end, the Abyss
Mystic lets the rising sun burn his hand to ash while it rests upon the talisman. Completing the
final prayer while burning off one’s own hand costs a point of permanent Willpower. Note that
this also means taking one health level of aggravated damage. The Conquering Sun Talisman
works by itself from then on, continuously